Category: Cities

Here is where you will find posts about the biggest Italian cities—Rome, Milan, Palermo, Naples, and Turin—as well as articles on popular cities for tourism, such as Florence and Venice.

  • Rome’s Fountains, Brought to You By…

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    Recently, city officials in Rome unveiled the Barcaccia fountain, which had been under wraps for the past year so it could be cleaned. The Barcaccia is now gleaming, as you can see in the photo above, and provides a pleasing visual for all those tired souls taking a breather on the Spanish Steps.

    La Barcaccia Fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps
  • Lovely Time Lapse Video of Rome

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    I always love a good time-lapse video, and especially if it features Rome! Here’s a very recent one that shows Rome in her late summer splendor. It was shot by Josh of jandrewfilmandphotography.com, who used 7,000 images to create this 2-minute, 37-second clip. Hyperlapse has a long way to go to get results like these.

  • Veneto Spa Hotel Has the World’s Deepest Thermal Pool

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    About half an hour by train from Venice and even closer to Padua is Hotel Millepini Terme, a spa hotel that has the Guinness World Record for the world’s deepest thermal pool. The Y-40 The Deep Joy is 137-feet deep (40 meters) at its deepest, with four underwater grottos along the way. There’s a viewing tunnel at…

  • Enrico Toti: Italy’s One-Legged Cyclist Turned World War I Hero

    Italian cyclist Enrico Toti may have the most fascinating World War I story I’ve ever read.

    Enrico Toti statue (from behind), Villa Borghese